Question

Read the passage given below. Dhuki, the gardener was clearing up the weeds that grew in profussion around the old disused well. He was an old man skinny and bent Spindly- legged but he had always been like that, his strength lay in his wrist and in his ling tendril - like fingers He looked as frail as a petunia, he had the tenacity of a vine, Are you going to cover the well? I asked. I was eight, a great favorite of Dhuki. He had been the gardener long before my birth, had worked for my father, until my father died, and now works for my mother and step-father. (A) Answer the Questions 1)What reversive features do you find in Dhuki? 2)Where was Dhuki working and what was he doing there? 3) Whom did Dhuki work for, after the narrator's father passed away? B)Find words from the passage which mean the following : 1)Plenty in number or quantity 2)Thin and long C)Write antonyms 1) cover (2) birth

Answer 1

(A) Answer the Questions

1) What reversive features do you find in Dhuki?

Ans: He had thin legs, but strong wrists and fingers with firm grip.

2) Where was Dhuki working and what was he doing there?

Ans: Dhuki was working near the well. He was clearing up the weeds that grew in abundance around the well.

3) Whom did Dhuki work for, after the narrator's father passed away?

Ans: Her mother and step-father.

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B) Find words from the passage which mean the following :

1) Plenty in number or quantity -> profussion

2) Thin and long -> Spindly

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C) Write antonyms

1) cover -> open, expose

(2) birth -> death